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ENJOY THE VIEW

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

 

If you want to see a mixture of sport, culture and nature I suggest you one of the best places in Barcelona, a place full of history: Montjuic.estadio de montjuic 1 2 3

Montjuic starts off in ‘plaza España’ going through the two magnificent Venetian Towers (which are copies of the towers in San Marco square in Venice); from there you will see the magic fountains (the ones I described to you in a previous blog). At the end you will see the amazing National Art Museum of Cataluña. At the sides of the museum there are two big buildings where almost every weekend there is a fair. Some of them are very popular like the fashion fair Bread & Butter, cars exhibitions and many more. (more…)

Do you want to get lost?? Get in the ‘Labyrinth Park’!

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Hello Guys!!! Do you want to get lost in a beautiful maze? If the answer is yes,I have the best place for you!!! It is called ‘Jardines del Laberinto’ (Labyrinth’s Gardens), it’s an amazing park open to the public where it used to be the gardens of a mansion of one of the most influential and rich persons of Barcelona, a marquis called ‘Antonio Desvall’. The gardens now belong to Barcelona’s council, they refurbished it and open it to the public. The park is one of the oldest in the city of Barcelona as is dated from 18th Century.

The garden has three levels. On the first level there is a pond that collects the water  to irrigate the gardens. (more…)

Sonar Music Fest - NOT ONLY ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Hello guys!! As you know in Barcelona there is always something going on. Today I want to tell you about one of the most popular festivals in Europe, the SONAR festival.

Sonar is an electronic music festival and this year it will be on the 19th, 20th and 21st of June. It takes place in three different stages in the city centre: ‘Centro de Cultura Contemporanea’ (CCCB), ‘Centro Macba’, and ‘Gran via 2′. Why in so many different places?? Because the festival is during the day and the night and it is not only music. It’s much more than that! To see location click here. (more…)